A guide to sewing beautiful and modern smocking for the modern
sewist. Rocking Smocking is a contemporary guide to using joyful
colour and bold graphic pattern to create smocking that adds a
beautiful decorative touch to handmade garments. This image-led,
modern guide is suited to both smocking learners and experts as
well as lovers of colours and patterns. Offering both instruction
and inspiration this fashion-forward guide walks you through the
basics of English smocking and offers a kaleidoscope of ideas for
how to bring these hand stitches to life by combining thread
colours, stitch motifs, and dramatic smocking placement to fabulous
effect. It starts by setting out the basics of smocking—what you
will need, how to choose and prepare fabric, and basic stitches.
The second section lays out different strategies for choosing
thread colours, while the third section goes through the design
process: using 10 smocking panels to replicate at home, it shows
readers how to rock their smocks by blending fabrics, smocking
patterns, and colours to sensational graphic effect. The final
section looks at how and where to place smocked panels on your
garments, adding volume to dramatic effect with 6 smaller on-trend
fashion projects. Equally appealing on the coffee table or in the
studio, Rocking Smocking is a visually beautiful guide celebrating
modern applications of this ancient craft.
General
Imprint: |
Search Press Ltd
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2024 |
Authors: |
Laura Burch
|
Dimensions: |
248 x 191mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
128 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80092-223-5 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-80092-223-X |
Barcode: |
9781800922235 |
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